Sanskrit to English Word Meaning:

Meaning:

May all be happy. May all enjoy health and freedom from disease. May all enjoy prosperity. May none suffer.

Brief Explanation:

This prayer is for the prosperity and welfare of humanity. To achieve anything in life, one has to make an effort and await the results. In addition, many unknown factors and laws influence the outcome of that effort. By praying to the Lord, one acknowledges these laws as the natural order inseparable from the Lord, and one acknowledges the Lord as the giver of all results of action.

Brief Explanation:

Before going to sleep, one ends the day with this prayer. One asks the Lord for forgiveness for wrong acts that one may have knowingly or knowingly committed during the day. We commit so many improprieties in our thinking, speech, and bodily actions that we ask your forgiveness O Shambho, the abode of compassion. While we should take care not to do prohibited actions (such as lying, hurting, acting out of jealousy, etc), we do some times commit errors even while carrying on the prescribed actions. In all of these cases, we should seek forgiveness from the Lord and hopefully learn to be careful in what we think, say, and do.

Meaning:

Meditating upon Hanuman, Garuda and Bhima before going to bed ensures a sleep without disturbing dreams.

Brief Explanation:

It is always good to have positive thoughts in one‟s head before going to sleep. Lord Hanuman, Garuda and Bhima are symbolic of great courage, valor and strength; hence it is advised to visualize and meditate upon them so that this drives away bad dreams.

“A death without suffering or pain and a life without misery. This is all I ask of you,
Krishna, and unswerving devotion for you."

Note:
Some attribute this prayer to Drona after he laid down his arms. I have not been able to verify this in the Mahabharata.
Aayaasa – trouble, stress, fatigue, suffering, pain
Anaayaasa – without trouble, suffering, or pain
Maranam – death
Dainya - poverty, affliction, depression, misery
Vinaadainyena – without poverty, misery
Jeevanam – life
Dehi me – grant me
Kripayaa – out of compassion
Krishna – O Lord Krishna or your ishta devata
Tvayi – in you
Bhaktim – devotion
Achanchalam – unswerving or unwavering

For many, modern medical advances have made death seem more like an option rather than a natural phenomenon. We want our loved ones to live as long as possible, but modern culture has come to view death as a medical failure rather than life‟s natural conclusion.